As in Hitler’s early days, any Americans’ lives have not changed. Under Trump, the US is functioning as a dual state. The most obvious example is immigrant communities that are targeted by ICE agents. But there is another way that Republicans are weaponizing the dual state: voting rights.- MarcElias

What’s left of the EPA moved to roll back limits requiring coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers. Officials claimed the 3-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking. ViaAlternet

Minimized by MSM, 8 anti-ICE activists were convicted of providing “material support for terrorism” for the crime of wearing all-black clothing to a demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in Prairieland, Texas. 7 face up to 60 yrs, & DOJ pledges this is just the beginning. ViaTheIntercept

So good. So earth-shatteringly true.

Thanks again to @MikeyWeinstein and the #MilitaryReligiousFreedomFoundation

I don’t want to be on your panel about art in the age of A.I. “The point is, I’m not saying all this to defend humanity. Humanity sucks. It’s totally terrible. I’m saying this because I believe in an old-fashioned virtue called Doing the Freakin’ Work.” Colson Whitehead, a fiction writer ViaNYTimes

Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

SherrodBrown facesJonHusted, appointed as a replacement for JDVance.The SenateLeadershipFund, the GOP super PAC is planning to spend a whopping $79 million to help Husted hold his seat. Still, CPR has moved that race from “Lean Republican” into the “Toss Up” column. If you can, pls support Sherrod

Our main problem is the shadow docket. When SCOTUS overturns a 90 pg magisterial district court opinion w/one paragraph, tt’s not the rule of law.We’re in the fight of our lives every day until the election, then after, we keep fighting all the way until we seat a new DemCongress. -Jamie Raskin

If you haven’t already seen this, stop what you’re doing and watch.

Orban lost!!!!! People, we can do this!!!!!

When extremist versions of religion meet, particularly in the Middle East, there will be blood. Rivers and rivers of blood, all caused by humankind.

Trump's strategy depends on the illusion of inevitability.He needs his opponents to believe fighting back is pointless, institutions are fully under his control, & anyone who stands up to him will be crushed.Caution in the face of a reckless opponent is not a strategy- it is a surrender-MarcElias

Do the men and women of the US miliatry serve Trump, or the Constitution? Or do they serve an even deeper law than the Constitution — the universal moral imperative to protect the innocent and the vulnerable? ViaNYTimes

JDVance's unprecedented visit shows 'who is interfering in what,' Germany says rejecting his accusations that the European Union is interfering in the upcoming election in Hungary. The fact that he’s in Hungary “already shows, or speaks for itself, who is interfering in what.” ViaTheGuardian

STUNNING: Trump is now bragging about agreeing to use Iran’s 10-point peace framework as the basis for negotiations. Here’s what that 10-point framework includes. There’s no other way to spin this—it’s complete and utter capitulation.

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

Liberal judge cruises to victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Trump Wants $200 billion more for war on Iran. Tell Congress NO!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

The Nuremberg Tribunal called the crime of aggression the “supreme international crime” the one that “contains w/in itself the accumulated evil of the whole”because it is the crime that makes all others possible. These men have confessed to it in speeches carried by international broadcasters.

“We all know that past is prologue.When we look back at human history, every prior time when an extremist version of any religious faith is inextricably intertwined with that part of the state which makes war, we end up with one thing, and one thing only: oceans of blood.”

Border Patrol Is Stockpiling Chemical Weapons To Use on Protesters U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to spend up to $50 million on what it is calling “Less Lethal Specialty Munitions” — weapons designed to hurt or disable a person without killing them. ViaAlternet

The Trump Administration Is Deporting People to the Congo. The Congo, for reference, is a country with ongoing armed conflict, mass internal displacement, and well-documented human rights abuses.ViaAlternet

President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to dial back mail-in voting likely doesn’t stand a chance in court according to Republican officials Al Schmidt, the current Pennsylvania Secretary of State, and Stephen Richer, the former Maricopa County Recorder.

ecause of Donald Trump and his war in Iran, American popularity will descend to depths it has not seen this century and may never recover to the median levels that we saw with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Forget Barack Obama numbers – they’re out of reach.

Israeli Settlers Killed a Palestinian Farmer on His Own Land, in Front of His Father. Yes, Again - Twilight Zone On Passover

The paper tiger still roars.

Hey media-- Pam Bondi is not a victim -- she willingly carried out Trump's political agenda to prosecute his political enemies and undermine free and fair elections. Todd Blache is not shouldering a "burden" or "walking a tightrope." He is a willing accomplice. Language matters.

As long as I live,, I will never forgive the press for ignoring Unger’s work on Putin and Trump.

In a long-standing white nationalist slogan, DJT frames immigration fm developing nations as an existential civilizational threat. “If you import the Third World, you become the Third World!AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT.” ViaAlternet

Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English

Despite Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric, and sensational online talk about “end times” and Armageddon, this immensely damaging, unjustified and shaming war may be forcing Americans to reassess their moral relationship with the world. Is Trump solely to blame?

An ‘act of love and vision.’

One to watch: Many first time voters, on 12 April, the primary and most powerful driving force for change, hope to oust Orban. One recent poll suggested that 65% of those under 30 are planning to cast their vote against him. If only our elections were April 12th. And fair and free.

What, me worry?

Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees. Take that SCOTUS. #FauxChristians

Robert Garcia, the House Oversight Committee's ranking member, issued a seething statement making it crystal clear that the former attorney general's deposition on April 14 would proceed as planned.

Just like when they attacked the shipwrecked sailors, Hegseth’s military has now bombed and killed defenseless persons on at least two occasions We are being governed by psychopaths

ChristianXionist like JohnHagee came out of the gate praising OperationEpicFury. AndyOgles posted an AI-generated video of himself, Pete Hegseth, & MarcoRubio dressed as crusaders with the caption: “This is a battle of good vs evil. We must reaffirm that our nation was built on Christian principles”

“The last thing we need in global politics today is religious extremists like Hegseth provoking the Iranians with his rhetoric and potentially causing this war to spiral out even further into regional conflict and destruction.”

Hitler was obsessed w/adding a new wing to the Chancellery to reflect his grandiose vision for Germany.He wanted lots of gold &marble. “Visitors should sense the strength and grandeur of the German Reich as they walk from the entrance to the reception hall.” ViaTheAtlantic

Most important article you’ll read today.

"No president can decide to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval." —Marco Rubio in 2023 "It's the president's decision if we stay in NATO." —Marco Rubio in 2026

Legislation passed in 2024 prevents a US president withdrawing the US from Nato without a two-thirds Senate majority or an act of Congress. But Trump has shown himself willing to flout existing legislation to bypass Congress – for example, by attacking Iran without seeking congressional approval

Trump will sign a sweeping executive order aimed at cracking down on mail-in voting. In response, Marc Elias, voting rights litigator, already said in a social media post "If Trump signs an unconstitutional Executive Order to take over voting, we will sue. I don't bluff and I usually win."

Iranian state media is more believable & more trustworthy than the President of the United States. Think about that. Just think about how fucked up, horrible, bad, & dangerous that is. But the people of the United States elected someone who lies as he breathes. So here we are.

To those who voted for trump, excluding the cult members: You knew he was a snake, before you let him in. Time to get loud and rectify.

“I am Jewish.” Mikey said, “I know what real antisemitism is. I do not consider it to be antisemitic to be against Likud or Netanyahu or Israel’s policies against the Palestinians. Antisemitism is the old school hatred of Jews being complicit in the execution of Jesus Christ.” #AmericanHero